The replacement for Barlinnie prison will cost nearly £1bn, almost double the previous estimate. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed a cost of £998.4m for HMP Glasgow in a letter to the ...

The first of up to 390 prisoners are being released early in the latest attempt to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails. Emergency legislation was passed last year which allows eligible inmates ...

Mary McGoldrick received a letter from trans prisoner Jo White who had been posted her name, address and intimate social work ...

The governor of Barlinnie said the "battle against drones continues" in Scotland's largest prison. Michael Stoney spoke ...

PRISON staff were last night blasted for allowing deprived paedos to sing a controversial song during a music lesson.

He explained: “The main difference is at a Victorian prison, the transactional tasks take up all the time. "In Barlinnie, it takes an hour and a half for a meal in one house block.

HMP Glasgow sounds more like a ‘luxury hotel’ than a replacement for a jail that houses hardened criminals, say critics of ...

Barlinnie governor Michael Stoney said drones are the 'latest scourge' and the 'battle' against them 'continues' ...

Barlinnie's governor has responded after Glasgow's new jail was branded a "leisure centre". Conservative leader Russell Findlay previously clashed with John Swinney at First Minister’s Question Time ...

At least eight inmates were released from Scotland's largest prison HMP Barlinnie earlier. Some got into waiting vehicles while others walked down the road together from the Glasgow prison.